It's been a different time for business Post-Pandemic Trends in International Trade: The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted global trade. However, it also accelerated certain structural trends that will shape future growth in the global economy. Here are some key points: Virtualization: While in-person trade shows remain valuable, virtual events have proven effective [...]
Trust the process Listening is the ability to accurately receive and interpret messages in the communication process. It is a key skill for effective communication and is considered a valuable workplace skill. Listening requires focus and concentrated effort, both mental and sometimes physical. Pay attention. Give the speaker your undivided attention, and acknowledge the message. [...]
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WHEN A SCRUM IS NOT RUGBY 33 YEARS in business and Planning has played a critical part of my daily workflow. Many business owners are looking to get every part of the business organised, spend time and money with consultants and providers to take care of the day to day activity that must [...]
Case study: I was recently asked to advise a medium sized organisation on how to set up an agile risk management process. Although many of the risks were known intuitively, there was no formal list of risks and no analysis of possible mitigations or controls around these risks. The result was a focus on [...]
SMB SUCCESS WORKSHOP 10 Rules to Avoid Failure If you are open to listening, consider others have information worth the time. Capture everything ... this is critical to understanding the data, and the data is the clients, suppliers and future of the business. Resources ... Every business need to identify the [...]
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In 2012 franchising generated around $131 billion in revenue with about 1137 different types of franchises employing upwards of 400,000 people. It's a big part of the economy, but the biggest problem for franchisors is finding franchisees, so they spend big bucks on advertising to get more people on board. It's hasn't been an [...]
In our modern world we can now experience a lack of clarity, by this I mean we are being told our truth through Social media and Digital sources that can not be validated. So as a SMB / Growing business in this modern landscape who and what can we really trust. And by TRUST [...]
